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ISRAEL BARKER TAYLOR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,018, dated May 1,1888.

Application filed June 27, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsRAEL BARKER TAYLOR, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Reed-Organs; and I do hereby declare the same tobe described in the following specification, and re presented in theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a top view of the octavecoupling mechanism, and also parts of the mechanism for actuating thestop-valves of the various reed-chambers. Fig.2 is a transverse andvertical section taken through one of the keys, one of the stops, andthe series of reed-chambers and their accessories immediately below suchkey and stop, the plane of section being on the line 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a top view of the series of stop-valves, part of which are shown inFig. 2. Fig. 4. is a top view, and Fig. 5 a front elevation, of some ofthe keys and stops and sundry parts adjacent thereto.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.

The first part of it relates to what I term the octave-coupler, or meansby which each key when depressed is caused not only to actuate or forcedownward the push-pin of its own valve but that of the octave-valve.

In Fig. 2 one of the keys is shown at A, its push-pin at a, and thevalve of such push-pin at b. The said key has an adj ustable button, 0,extending down from it, the shank of such button being screwed into thekey in order to admit of the button being properly adjusted in altitudewith reference to the octave-coupler lever d, whose head 6 isimmediately be neath the button. There is to each key to be coupled withan octave push-pin such a button and such a lever. The several leversdextend through saw-kerfs made obliquely in a bar, B, each beingfulcrumed to such bar, which, as shown in Fig. 1, is supported by twoarms, 6, fixed to it at its ends and pivoted to the ends ff of theorgan-case O, the same being to allow of the bar B being moved upwardfor the purpose of raising the levers d sufficiently for them to bedepressed by the keys when struck by a performer. On the bar B beinglowered the levers d will be so moved downward as not to be'actuated bythe keys Serial No. 242,628. (No model.)

when the latter are being played on. Each lever d at its rear end iscoupled with another oblique lever h by a link or connection-piece, 9.Each lever h, arranged at an obtuse angle relatively to its lever d, or,as shown, is fulcrumed in a short standard, t, extending upward from astationary bar, k. The anterior arm of each lever h extends directlyover and upon a button, Z, concentric with and fixed to the push-pin aof the octave-valve 1). Thus when a key is struck by a performer,provided the levers d are raised to their higher positions, it will notonly actuate or depress the push-pin of its own valve, but through twoof the levers d and h and their connection-piece and a button, Z, itwill simultaneously depress the push-pin of the octave-valve.

There is to the bar B mechanism not only for depressing it, but othermechanism for forcing it upward by means of a stop. That for depressingit is a spring, D, suitably applied to the bar and the wood-work orstationary board at through which the push-pins pass, as shown in Fig.2. The mechanism for forc ing the bar B upward consists of a shaft, 12.,(shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) provided with three cranks, 0, andpivoted to the bar. The wrists of the cranks bear on the top of theboard m. At its left end an arm, 19, extends from the shaft a at a rightangle and projects over the inner arm, q, of a bent lever, E, fulcrnmedon the board m. The arm 1" of said lever E is cranked and extendsdirectly und erneath a bar, F, movable vertically by means of a shaft,8, arranged as shown in Fig. 1, and provided with a crank, 15, to enterthe said bar. Furthermore, there straddles and rests on the wrist of thecranked arm 1" a push-pin, t, (see Fig. 2,) which, constructed so as tobe capable of being lengthened or shortened, as may be required, hasconnecting with it at its upper end an arm, H, provided with agooseneck,u, projecting upward from it and through aslot, o, in astop,I, all being arranged as shown in Fig. 2, such stop being adapted toslide lengthwise of it in standards to, extending upward from astationary platform or board, 3 A staple, :0, fixed in the stop andarranged with one of the standards w, in manner as shown in Fig. 2,serves to limit the movements of the stop. On pulling the stop for- ICOeach stop I, having the slot 11, as described, and

ward movement of the bar B.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings some of the reedchambers are shown at a, a, b,and I), there being to each set thereof a valve, 0, as usual, suchvalvein practice being operated by means of a stop, a goose'ueek, afurcated push-pin, and a cranked lever, essentially as hereinbe' foredescribed, a wire or cord, (1, (see Fig. 2,) connecting the valve withthe cranked lever. These several cranked levers (shown at E in Fig. 1)have the wrists oftheir cranks extended directly underneath the bar F,in order that by depressing the said bar all the valves of the severalsets of reed'ehambers may be simultaneously opened for the playing ofthe full organ to be effected.

I elaim- 1. In a reedorgan, the combination, with with thevalveoperating lever E of such stop,

the latter being applied to the said lever, as specified.

2. The combination of the key A, having the adjustable button 0, thepush-pin a, valve 6, lever d, fulcrumed in the movable bar B, said barbeing supported at its ends in the arms 0, which arms are pivoted to theends of the case, the lever 7t, connected to lever d by link 9, and thebutton Z on the push-pin a and concentric therewith.

3. The combination of the movable bar B, shaft it, having an arm,p,provided with cranks 0, and pivoted to the bar B, board m, arm q of thelever E, which lever has an arm, 7', the bar F, operated by the arm I)of shaft .9, and the series of erank-levers E, whereby all the valves ofthe several sets of reedehambers can be simultaneously opened.

ISRAEL BARKER TAYLOR.

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{ of the goose-neck a, arm H, and pnsh-pin i, 25

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 382,018, granted May1', 1888, upon the application of Israel Barker Taylor, of Boston,Massachussetts, for an improvement in Reed-Organs, an error appears inthe printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 40,page 2, the reference letter b should read 25; and that the LettersPatent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 8th day of May, A. D. 1888.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKINS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interim". Gountersigned':

- BENTON J. HALL,

Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certifiedthat in Letters Patent N 0. 382,018, granted May1', 1888, upon the application of Israel Barker Taylor, of Boston,Massachussetts, for an improvement in Reed-Organs, an error appears inthe printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 40,page 2, the reference letter b should read t; and that the LettersPatent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform tothe record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed,countersigned, and sealed this 8th day of May, A. D. 1888.

[SEAL] D. L. HAWKINS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Gountersigned BENTON J. HA L,

O'onmnissioner of Patents.

